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Monday, March 22, 2010

Last week we passed the building inspection! We have one more inspection before i get my Beaufort business license. In the mean time, i am throwing, trimming and waiting. The shelves are getting really full! I am so excited to be back where i belong doing what i'm supposed to do. I hope to be able to fire my stockpile of pots soon. Oh, the waiting is such torture!!! In the meantime, i remind myself to take a deep breath and have a little patience :).

Saturday, March 06, 2010

I returned from the world's fastest trip to Fines Creek last week with the rest of my studio...more or less. After making a trip to Highwater (oh, highwater i will miss thee!) to stock up on supplies, I made the six hour drive back to the coast with over 2000 pounds of ceramic glaze material, clay and various studio equipments. Our poor suburban!!!

Here in Beaufort, I have had my new studio for a month now. Feeling mostly settled, I am making pots and excited to get my "groove" back. I am waiting on the city to issue my privilage license and all will be officially official! Its been so exciting. The neighborhood has welcomed me. A steady stream of folks has dropped in to say "hi". I have mets lots of people and am amazed by the support and positive responses I have received.

Also, I hope to soon have my kiln hooked up. I need to do something with all this greenware piling up on the shelves. I am excited to move forward with my exploration into electric oxidation glaze firing! My brain is overflowing with ideas! Now, if someone could tell me about an a washed wood glaze recipe for cone 6, i'll be good to go... hehe.

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"To work with clay is to be in touch with the taproot of life.'' ~Shoji Hamada

"The hand leads to the mind..." -Suze Lindsay

"Garth Clark wrote somewhere that with paintings and sculpture you can bring an observer into personal space but that only a cup taken into the mouth brings the art into intimate space. I enjoy this aspect of being a potter the most."

-Joseph Bennion, Horseshoe Mountain Pottery

"Making pots isn't about making pots. You can't let pots get in the way of making pots, like you can't let fishing get in the way of going fishing. What making pots is about; is your self - it is a way of life. About the way you think, about the way your mind is; it's about what has affected you all your life. " -Don Reitz

About Me

Artist and Potter. Treehugger and Lover of Dirt. I make handmade pottery, mostly for the table, influenced by traditional North Carolina pottery and my fascination with folk art, vintage floral prints and antique table ware. This blog is to document my adventures as a potter.